The book is from 1974 and is generally dated in its content. It comes from a time when observers used graphical means and mathematical tables to produce predictions. The book pre-dates the era of the electronic calculator. It is based on a 1973 satellite observers' publication from the British Astronomical Association (but in some areas the book goes into less detail). This does not detract from its interest value. It has quite a few formulae and explanations but if you have a computer programme then they will not be of much use unless you want to develop some calculation routines of your own. I turned to it a few weeks ago when I measured a Doppler curve from a radio observation and wanted to calculate the passing distance. I saw a secondhand copy recently priced at four pounds (six dollars). On 2 Jan 2001, at 17:10, Paolo Cosetti wrote: Surfing on Internet I've found a book titled "Artificial satellite observing" by Howard Miles. Is there anyone who has any opinion about ? Thanks Paolo Cosetti Web sites: http://members.xoom.it/poldino my personal homepage http://www.satbuster.com my satellite tracking software ACME I-MI-06 / TRA #08249 Level 1 model rocketry ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html ---------------------------------- Bob Christy Kettering Group ---------------------------------- bob@zarya.freeserve.co.uk http://www.zarya.freeserve.co.uk 53.22 deg north 0.59 deg west ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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